XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.privacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-02 09:43, Andrew wrote:   
   > AJL wrote on Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:24:41 -0700 :   
   >   
   >>> (I never understood why people set a password on a home computer.)   
   >> Here in the big city home burglaries happen. My neighbor lost all his   
   >> electronics in one. A home computer's passwords (pins in my case) are   
   >> all that stand between my data and the perp. Granted most stolen   
   >> electronics are likely wiped before resale but still one never knows...   
   > Even if your computer or phone is stolen, all they get is the device.   
   > Nobody who knows computers has sensitive data stored in the clear on them.   
   >   
   > Besides... MARKETING is who is telling people they need to lock it all up.   
   > (There are reasons for why MARKETING wants this - but that's a long story.)   
   >   
   > It's a standing joke that people who put biometric gimmicks on their phones   
   > & computers must live in the slums - but it's not supposed to be literal.   
      
   What a horrid person you are.   
      
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